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I have a different view. With the technology today there is no excuse for the politicians to be out of touch with their constituents.

When the country was founded news traveled by word of mouth then came newspapers, the telegraph, trains, etc. How is it the politicians could keep the pulse of the people without having instantaneous feedback? They were part time and they served but a short period of time. They were not professional politicians. That is what we need. We need the representatives to be at home more listening to and walking about with the people they represent to know what is happening.

Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

What if all we have today is what we gave thanks for yesterday?

Let the views of others educate and inform you, but let your decisions be a product of your own conclusions. (Jim Rohn)

How could a politician even if he was home be in touch with over 700,000 people? I am not disagreeing with you at all though. I am just saying that the time they do spend in their home state along with the time that they have for their people along with the preparation they have to do to be informed for votes, along with raising money and running for reelection every other year. it is kind of crazy and perhaps why we are getting a poor product.

"Itís hard to win an argument with a smart person, but itís damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray

How could a politician even if he was home be in touch with over 700,000 people? I am not disagreeing with you at all though. I am just saying that the time they do spend in their home state along with the time that they have for their people along with the preparation they have to do to be informed for votes, along with raising money and running for reelection every other year. it is kind of crazy and perhaps why we are getting a poor product.

After emailing my Reps and Senators, I get the impression that they do not even read them. The most we can hope for is that their aides at least tell them how the trend of the emails are running.

When you send an email they give you a lot of choices of topics, and people who need help with some issue is one of the categories, so they can get those sorted out for whatever attention is needed. Your best hope is that someone has tallied your email/letter in the proper category. I suspect that unless they get TONS of mail on a topic, they don't give a hoot what their constituents think.

Then you get back some boiler-plate response on whatever his/her position is on the topic you wrote to them about.

G.Clinchy@gmail.com"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim

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Each state has only two senators. Population used to determine the number of representatives.

There are 7 states with only 1 representative and 5 more that have only 2. The constitution states that there is to be 1 representative for every 30,000 citizens. In 1929 the house capped the number of representatives to 435 and it is now divided by percentage of population. There are some states that have many more. I would have to look up the exact number again, but it works out to one representative for every 700,000+ citizens.

"Itís hard to win an argument with a smart person, but itís damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray

I am pretty certain your right about the tallies. I even had a state rep. (aide) tell me that they were interested in a my issue, but were waiting for tallies before taking a position (banning animal gas chambers in Michigan). I think they care what I think, but I know that isn't necessarily going to sway them.

"Itís hard to win an argument with a smart person, but itís damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray

.................................................. .................................................. ........The most we can hope for is that their aides at least tell them how the trend of the emails are running.

I sometimes get the feeling that the "aides" are running the "show" completely anymore.

Writing laws and everything else. I have the feeling that the aides may be telling their 'boss' a pack of lies about who wrote what to them. I would guess that letters are easier to throw away ( or hide ) than e-mails from the computers ......anyone ?

Last edited by charly_t; 10-11-2013 at 11:48 PM.

charly

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